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Male firefighters accused of shoving female firefighters during fire

Posted: Dec 18 2015 03:43PM EST

Updated: Dec 18 2015 03:46PM EST

LANHAM, Md. (AP) — Two male volunteer firefighters have been charged with assault after two female firefighters from another Maryland station said the men tried to force them out of a home as they battled a blaze.

Multiple news organizations report that charging documents say the two female career firefighters from the Landover Hills station were first on the scene the night of Dec. 8 and were running a hose inside the house when another crew arrived. The women say Christopher Kelly and Jeff Miller of the West Lanham Hills Volunteer Fire Department blocked them and shoved them off the porch.

Miller and Kelly have been charged with second-degree assault and obstructing firefighters. Neither responded to requests for comment.